Wheeled toy



H. G. NORWOOD.

WH-EELED TOY.

APPLICATION H LED AUG- 12. 1920.

1,376,570. Patented May 3, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY Gr. NORWOOD, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM FULD, OFBALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

WHEELED TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1921.

Application filed August 12, 1920. Serial No. 402,982.

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY G. Nonwooi), acitizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore and State ofMaryland, have inve tot eitain new and useful Improvements in TV heeledToys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention reatcs to improvements in wheeled toys, and moreparticularly to that type of toy which is provided with a plurality ofwheels having their peripheries formed with flat surfaces, instead ofround.

One object of the invention is to provide a whee ed toy with a rockingdevice, said device b ing operated by means of the vibration or the upand down movement, due to the flat surfaces on the wheels of said toy.

Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification,

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved to v 2 is a detailed sideelevation of the wheel structure;

of the toy, showing 3 is a plan vie Y the rocking figures, and

1g. l 's a side elevation of a toy of simiin nature, but provided withonly one pair of wheels.

Like characters of reference are used throughout the followingspecification to des gnate torresponding parts.

h body Or platform 1, of one toy is provided with o -e or a pair ofbrackets 2, extending downwardly therefrom, and carrying one or moreaxles 3, upon which the wheels i, are mounted. These wheels 4i areformed with irregular peripheries.

Mounted upon the top of the platform 1, is a standard '7, which isprovided with the bearing rod 8 in its upper end. Upon this rod 8 ispivotally mounted the parallel arms 9, be same being connected togetherat their outer ends by means of the pivot rods 10.

Figure toys 11, having bearings 12 are positioned on the rods 10, andare adapted to freely swing thereon.

A handle 13 or cord 14 may be attached to the platform 1, by which meansthe toy may be pulled along the floor.

it will be apparent that when the toy is pulled along the floor, thatthe figure toys 11 will rock back and forth on the axle or rod 8, due tothe vibratory or up and down movement of the toy, caused by thepeculiarly surfaced wheels as they bump along.

it will be understood that many minor changes in detail of constructionmay be resorted to without departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, What claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A wheeled toy comprising wheels hav ing irregular peripheries, aplatform car ried by said wheels, a standard on said platform, and afreely swinging rocker arm carried by said standard.

1i wheeled toy comprising wheels having irregular peripheries, aplatform carried by said wheels, a standard on said platform reelyswinging balanced rocker arm car- 'ied by said standard, and figure toyspivotally mounted on said. rocker arm.

3. wheeled toy comprising a body portion, brackets Peon, axles mountedbetween said brackets, wheels mounted on said axles, said wheels havingirregular peripheries, a standard fixed to the body portion, a shaft orbear-in rod carried at the free end thereof, mounted on said bearing rodparalle =th each other, figure toys pivotally n-3d between. said arms,and means for pulling the wheeled toy along the floor. whereby thefigure toys will rock, due to the up and down movement of the platformcaused by the egular peripheries of the wheels.

in testimony whereof I ailix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HARRY G. NORVVOOD.

